Discover HOT ROD’s Top 10 Cars of 2025—our third year reviving this iconic list. See the trendsetting builds, top builders, and innovations shaping car culture. The HOT ROD staff had a busy 2025, to ...

Hot rods have left an indelible mark on automotive history, evolving from post-war curiosities into enduring symbols of creativity and freedom. Their journey from the fringes of the automotive world ...

HOT ROD has been in the Top 10 ranking business for sixty years, albeit it has been an on-and-off affair. We resurrected the beloved rankings in 2023 after a long hiatus and the first HOT ROD Magazine ...

Some of the very first self-propelled vehicles were products of engineers and the curious in private garages and workshops. Within a few decades of the invention of the first car, companies were ...

The hot rodding world is filled with common terms that gearheads throw around a lot. These terms are used throughout the hobby and describe many of the different customization techniques and parts ...

The 2025 Shiny Rust Hot Rod show took place over the weekend at the Oakland Expo Center in Waterford, Michigan. It focused on classic cars, and shiny or rusty, big or small, they had them all on ...

It's not like the roads are littered with hot rods, far from it. In fact, each time you see a hot rod out in the wild, it's a cool experience — even the best factory hot rods are few and far between.

Detroit — Forget “Barbenheimer.” This weekend, “Barbieformers” is coming to Huntington Place. Barbie’s Pink Cadillac convertible and the "Transformer" movie-inspired Megamorph Giant Robot Car are ...

Front 3/4 view of orange 1962 Pontiac Tempest cruising near car show. - Different_brian/Getty Images The hot rodding world is filled with common terms that gearheads throw around a lot. These terms ...